help Again still confused

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imported_walt

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sorry for double post-I accidentally put my question in wrong forum

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Im sorry i keep asking but here goes-car was keyed entire drivers side so i will wait to detail it for at least a month-is there something i can safely put on by hand to make it look good?



Tomorrow i am detailing the rest of car-hood -trunk- right side-

im going to use menzernaII (its a blk 2004 MB) then wax



I have read i should use isoporpyl alcohol- when do i use this step and also the clay-

I have soverign paste -p21s-moose wax-and maybe moose sealant



can someone sugest the steps-for old paint



anything i can do for new paint job? its a week old-and they must have compunded it by machine as i see swirls in new paint!!! and this is from a top rated body shop!

I plan on gently washing it with the pinnacle shampoo

I also have the PC7424



but when and how do i use the alcohol? and I will just clay the old paint-good shape but just SWIRLS and spider webs...



sorry to keep asking-clay the alcohol then menzerna then wax??
 
You shouldnt need to use alcohol. how long has the paint been on? what do you have for polishes/compounds? You dont have to be that gentle on new paint (it was rotary compounded already) and you shouldnt need to clay the new paint either. If you just want something to get you buy. I would do a 2 stage polish topped with your pinacle to so it can breath alittle (if your worried).
 
I have Pinnacle Soverign-Zymol Carbon, P21s as waxes-Moose Liquid

then I have menzerna II- HD cleanse-



the weird part- The area that was not sprayed llooks great- the area that was sprayed looked great-I brought is through a HAND WASH and now I see swirls-and haze and I know this body shop for years-they do Porsches to pinto's and always excellent-



But even though they baked it etc - i got it back april 01- I dont want to touch it with a oscillating rotor or waz just yet...



any ideas?



tks
 
Yeah, while the new paint is probably still a little softer than it'll eventually get, you can correct it now just like any other paint.



The only purpose alcohol serves is to remove waxes/oils/etc. You don't need it now. I can't imagine you'd need to clay the fresh paint either, unless you've picked up some weird contamination.



Just use an abrasive polish (like Menzerna FPII, though that might be too mild) to remove the marring and use something fresh-paint-safe while the new paint is outgassing. Don't wax it for another 6-10 weeks or it won't reach its maximum potential hardness.



It's not at all unusual for even good shops to swirl up fresh paint. Being able to spray paint doesn't mean you know how to buff it.



This is like deja vu all over again, I know I already keyed in this same response at least once before. Heh heh- Read, assimilate, and synthesize ;)
 
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